Awww, poor little guy. There should be stitches on the inside as well, so if you don't see any bleeding or oozing that's a good sign. Puppies are hard, they only have two modes: sleep and 100mph. Trying to get them to slow down and be "in recovery mode" I'm sure is exhausting in itself. I'm surprised they didn't send him home with a cone to keep him from licking the area. Its like an itch you have to scratch, he won't be able to help himself. Keep us updated! 

I had a really hard time potty training my Hank too then I found out he had a urinary tract infection. Poor guy couldn't hold it. When that cleared up I used the crate to train him to hold it and it worked really well.

Penny

Hi! I've just caught up on this thread, and Trey's story really melted my heart. Great to hear he is recovering so well! 

I want to weigh in and ask you to be especially careful with his one front leg - my dog Ziggy had a front amputation when he was very young (but before he was with us - he was a rescue dog who had been abandoned with a broken leg so he had been fixed up by an animal welfare charity here in Australia before being put up for adoption), and from when he was about 6 months old it became apparent that his one front leg was painful and difficult. It turns out he has angular limb deformity, which has resulted from damage to one of the growth plates in one of the two bones in his 'forearm' at the front. 

All of this information is new to me since Zig has started going through the treatment, but what I think might be important for you and Trey is that the growth plates are active only until the dog finishes most of their growth - perhaps the first year. As they take so much of their body weight on the front legs, and Trey like Ziggy has only one, it's a lot of weight on that one leg, and repeated compaction of growth plates (e.g. from jumping off a couch/ out of a car, playing too rough with other dogs) can lead to the deformity. Please don't just take my very lay-person word for it, it would be great to ask your vet to discuss Trey's bone health, and in particular the growth plates. 

There's some information online here: http://www.vets...../ald.htm 

One final point - I mean in no way to alarm you!! I don't know how easily this would happen without a significant incident to precipitate the deformity (it's possible Ziggy had a latent fracture which led to the damage, rather than the compaction affects - but there is no way to know for sure). But I think it would be really good to have a conversation with an informed professional (our local, non-specialist vets gave no indication this was something we ought to be aware of so definitely make sure the person with whom you speak knows about ALD, bone health, and growth plates) and to make sure you can avoid Trey having to go through the challenging (and expensive) treatment like our Zig. 

Good luck with the recovery, and life with beautiful Trey!

Bec

So glad to read little Trey is doing well........Penny's idea with crate training is a very good way to help with housebreaking.....I used a crate for all my Lab girls, especially  for potty training. (except my Polly, she came to me already housebroken at 10 wks of age)  Those Beagles can be a bit stubborn at times, but I know Trey will get it soon....he has had a lot going on in his young life. Hang in there.....

Bonnie & Angel Polly

I've raised several puppies and this has happened to me before- I think regression at this age is normal. If you think he's just asking to sleep in your bed, you may have to stick it out a few nights while he cries, until he realizes that crying doesn't get the reaction he's after. Do you think something else could be going on? 

I realize, however, this is NOT easy. I lived in an apartment when Jack was young and couldn't allow her to cry because it woke the neighbors...so now she sleeps in my bed every night. Or rather, she allows me to sleep in the bed with her- let's be clear on who's in charge 

Benadryl does not cause sedation as easily in animals as in dogs.  I would skip it.